Biography of 	HARANG, Dominic, Jefferson then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller August 1998

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Harang, Dominic, was born in Jefferson parish, La., in 1845, the son of
Louis Alexander Harang, a native of France, and Sophie (Bouligny) 
Harang, who was born in New Orleans.  Louis Alexander Harang, on 
leaving France, went to San Domingo, and thence came to Louisiana in 
his twenties.  He was a sugar planter with large estates and lived in 
Jefferson parish until his death in 1859.  Mr. and Mrs. Louis Alexander 
Harang had five children born to them, namely:  Arthemise;  Felicie;  
Dominic;  Henry, and  Edward; all of whom are deceased except Felicie  
and  Dominic.  Dominic  Harang spent the first six years of his life in 
Jefferson parish, but in 1851 he went to Lafourche parish and left 
there in 1860, going to Jefferson college, in St. James parish, where 
he remained until 1862, when New Orleans was taken by the Federal 
troops and the school disbanded.  After this he returned to the 
plantation to find that everything had been taken and the family left
without anything; the plantation itself having passed into other hands, 
and from that time on he had to work his own way up.  He was first made 
manager of the plantation at Lafourche, and in this capacity gave such 
great satisfaction that the owners wanted him to buy and gave him such
inducements as to price, terms and rate of interest, that the young 
manager bought the property with almost no money to begin with.  From 
this time his condition steadily improved until in 1907 he sold his 
holdings for $90,000.00 and came to New Orleans, where he has since 
resided.  In religious faith Mr. Harang is a Catholic; in polities a 
republican.  In 1877, he was married to Emily Hebert, of Assumption 
parish, daughter of Evariste Hebert.  To Mr. and Mrs. Harang the 
following children have been born:  Alice, now Mrs. Dr. Hebert 
(although the same name, Dr. Hebert is not related to Mr. Harang's 
wife's people) ;  Edmond;  Warren, and  Stella.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3,
p. 766.  Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by 
Century Historical Association.